{"id":107789,"date":"2023-10-07T10:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/07\/asamoah-gyan-shares-why-kp-boateng-was\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T10:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:34:50","slug":"asamoah-gyan-shares-why-kp-boateng-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/07\/asamoah-gyan-shares-why-kp-boateng-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan shares why KP Boateng was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"419\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/kpa.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"kpa\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA &#8211; JUNE 26: Goalscorers Asamoah Gyan (L) and Kevin Prince Boateng of Ghana celebrate victory during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa.  (Photo by Phil Cole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan says Kevin Prince-Boateng was thrown out from camp for disrespecting coach, Kwesi Appiah numerous times during the\u00a02014 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Prince-Boateng and Muntari were thrown out of camp for causing chaos at the camp of the team ahead of their final group game against Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The former AC Milan and Barcelona forward in an interview with Vibe with Five said they were thrown out for criticizing officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) over poor treatment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He also criticized his teammates for not supporting them.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gyan, who was the skipper at the time has opened up about the incident that occurred which saw the coach dismiss\u00a0Prince-Boateng and Muntari from the camp.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a tweet criticizing Gyan for not supporting his teammates, he explained that the team had supported Prince but the coach was upset because Prince had shown disrespect towards him multiple times and he couldn\u2019t tolerate it any longer.<\/p>\n<p>Asamoah Gyan wrote on Twitter, \u201cKevin\u2019s case happened at the training grounds between him and the coach in front of everybody.<\/p>\n<p>So that was the coach\u2019s decision because the coach felt Kevin disrespected him several times with his choice of words. One thing Kevin didn\u2019t know is we defended him behind the scenes several times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut on that day, the coach couldn\u2019t take it anymore and reacted. That was the first time I saw Kwesi Appiah get angry and reacted so Kevin\u2019s case was the coach\u2019s call. That\u2019s the truth as the captain of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin\u2019s case happened at the training grounds between him and the coach in front of everybody. So that was the coach\u2019s decision cos coach felt Kevin disrespected him several times with his chose of words. One thing Kevin didn\u2019t know is we defended him behind the scenes several\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASAMOAH_GYAN3\/status\/1710348812777095525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wf3r4_oBKV8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breast Cancer Awareness - Badwam Mpensenpensemu on Adom TV (06-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wf3r4_oBKV8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA &#8211; JUNE 26: Goalscorers Asamoah Gyan (L) and Kevin Prince Boateng of Ghana celebrate victory during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa. 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